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Earlier Indian Army Lists may be found in India Office Serials [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/6b309d8d-ab30-40d1-b9d6-79a8464ffb9e '''IOR/V/6'''] 1768-1948 including
*''Indian Army and Civil Service'' List'', from January, 1861 '''IOR/V/6/125-156''' 1861-1876*''India List Civil and Military'', from January, 1877 '''IOR/V/6/157-191''' 1877-1895
For online editions see '''[[Indian Army List online]]'''.
The Military Department Library at the British Library also contains Indian Army First World War - War Diaries, which are printed volumes, series '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246'''. Also contained in this series are some Indian Army Casualty Returns. See [[First World War#British Library holdings|First World War-Records-British Library holdings]] for more details.
The book ''Index of Indian Army Regimental Titles'' by Anthony Farrington, published 1982 is on the open shelves at the British Library
''India’s Army'' by Major D. Jackson 1940 contains a "potted history" of every Regiment & Corps (including the auxiliary & princely state forces). With 70 chapters, over 100 B & W photos & illustrations, 14 full Colour plates. Now available online, refer below, but the inclusion of, and/or standard of, photographs and illustrations is unknown.
''Regiments : Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth, 1758-1993 : a critical bibliography of their published histories'' by Roger Perkins 1994, is available at the BL UIN: BLL01009529783. For those with suitable University access, also available Also searchable but not viewable on the HathiTrust Digital Library. (A few sample pages.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200227012142/https://www.rookebooks.com/product?prod_id=44049 ''Regiments : Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth''] by Roger Perkins 1994, rookebooks.com.</ref>) An expanded edition, originally published 1989 as ''Regiments of the Empire: A Bibliography of their published histories''. The 1994 publication is also available in a reprint edition as part of a CD-ROM.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/armies-of-the-crownthe-bibliographies-of-their-regimental-histories-great-britian-the-empire-and-the-commonwealth/ Armies of the Crown. The Bibliographies of Their regimental Histories Great Britian, The Empire and the Commonwealth] Naval & Military Press. Check compatibility with your computer system.</ref> For books published after 1993, see External links below, for a page from Durbaronline, the website of the Indian Military Historical Society.
A good source of military information is the annual publication of Indian Army Orders '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/245-299''' 1903-1947, issued by the Adjutant General's Department and Army Headquarters India. Volumes 245-85 (to 1942, and partially 1943) contain annual indexes.
